TRADUCED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

traduced

verb

past tense of traduce

as in violated

to fail to keep a law that traduces one of our most cherished rights: the right to privacy

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as in libeled

to make untrue and harmful statements about my opponent in this campaign may villainously traduce me, but I will not stoop to his level

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Bonta said his office is investigating whether OpenAI violated any laws and vowed to use the state’s enforcement powers to protect California residents.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
The suit also claims UCLA violated its federal grant terms and asks for the funds to be repaid.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of violated

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The Premier League announced Tuesday that its most successful club over the past 15 seasons, and current standings leader, systematically broke financial monitoring rules for years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
The studio must have had some idea that the film was going to get pilloried in some corners as the ad went live even before the review embargo broke Tuesday.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of broke

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But the Saudis, humiliated by their losses in Yemen, seem likely to lash out.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
When she and the other part-time employees were told their positions were being eliminated, Valcarcel said she felt humiliated and disrespected.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of humiliated

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However, Eugenie and Beatrice’s children’s grandparents are disgraced ex-Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2026
Eugenie, who is twelfth in line to the British throne, is the second daughter of King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of disgraced

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What is often maligned as one of the worst tracks for racing due to the lack of overtaking opportunities will now have an extra race, surely opening the door for even more criticism.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Slack continues to be a bright spot in the results — a major reversal from a couple years ago, when the company was maligned for paying too much to acquire the workplace messaging app during the Covid-19 pandemic.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of maligned

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Some of this was exacerbated by going to Duke, of course, which has a history of some of its best players being vilified nationwide.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
But Timothy Leary’s version became the dominant idea of psychedelics, and when President Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs began, psychedelics were vilified as the gateway to ruin.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

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